Life-saving device.



H. P. TEUFBL.

LIFE SAYING DEVICE.

Arrmunxon FILED nno.1o,1ooa.

934,855.. Patented Sept. 21, 1909.

HARRY l?. TEUFEL, 0F PITTSBUBG, PENNSYLVANIA. l

LIFE-SAVING DEVICE.

Specioation of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 21, 1909.

-Amllitiltiml illed Deoember 10, 190B. Serial No. $66,832.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it'known that I, HARRY P. TEUFEL, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLife-Savin Devices, of which the following is n speci cation, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawing. This invention relates tolife saving devices, and the primary object of my invention is toprovide a collapsible life saver that can be casi] and quickly attachedto the.' body and in ated, similar to the pneumatic tire of a bicycle orautomobile, whereby the life saver will Hoat and sustain the body inwater.

Another object of my invention is to provide a life saver constructedupon the principle of a buoy, the life saver being suspended from theshoulders beneath the arm pits to firmly support a body in water.

-A still further object of my invention is to provide a life saver of alight and durable construction, permittin of the same being worn by lifesavers an innted when danger is encountered.

With the above 4and other objects in view which will more readily appearns the invention is bett/er understood, the same consiste in the novelconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafterdescribed and theny specifically claimed.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a tive view of my life saver as applied toa body, Fig. 2is an enlarged cross sectional view of a portion of thesame, and Fig. 3 is a rspective view of a life saver upon a smal sc le.

In the accom anying drawings, 1 designates a tubular belt made ofrubber, silk or a liexible impervious material. Suitably at tached tothe belt are straps 2, crossed in the back as at 3, similar to a pair ofsus lenders, whereby the belt can be suspended rom the shoulders of abod beneath the arms. The front side of the elt is reinforced as at 4and provided with a valve casing or nipple 5 having a spring-pressedvalve 6 rlocated therein for normally closing the casing orperspecnipple 5. The casing 5 is formed with two annularly spacedintegral flanges adapted to engage the reinforced portion 4 whereby thecasing is held in lace on the tubular belt. Threaded upon tile casing ornipple 5 is a sleeve 7 having a tube connection S und a uide therein forthe outer end of the stem cfg the valve, the free end of which isprovided with n nipple or nozzle S). Near the outer end of the sleeve 7nu internal cross bar 7 x is secured, and said cross bnr curl-ics n pin7, which is provided with n half rounded abutment 7, en aging with thevulve stem, whereby the vn ve (i can be forced from its seat by screwingthc casing 5 inwardly.

The spring 1() used in connection with the valve 6 is of a tension thatcan be reudil overcome by a pressure of air blown throngr the tubeconnection 8 by a person wearing the belt. The tubular belt 1 can beeasily and quickly lilled and the valve 6 maintains nir within the sumewhile the belt is being used. To release ail' from the tubular belt l,the sleeve 7 is removed and thc vulve 6 forced inwardly to allow air toescupe.

It is apparent from the novel construction of inv lifc suvcr that thc.sanne can bc coinforiablyworn in thc t'ncc of danger withoutinterfering with the movements of u body, und that the lifc saver can becas-ily inflated to )luce the saine in n tioutable condition.

aving now describedmy invention what I claim as new, is

A life saving device comprising a tubulnr collapsible holt, n reinforcedportion on said belt, a valve cusing-huving spaced integral annular'Hanges secured thereby to the reinforced portion of the belt, a valveand stem movable in the casing, a sleeve screwed to the casing, aninternal cross bar on the sleeve, o pin having an abutment engaging tht`vulve stem, a spring controlling the valve stem and n flexible tubesecured to the sleeve.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

F. J. TEUFEL, M.\x H. Snonovrrz.

